Topic
Fuel
17 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 58:9Easton · ISBE
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
- Ecclesiastes 7:6Easton · ISBE
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
- Ezekiel 15:4Easton · ISBE
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
- Ezekiel 15:6Easton · ISBE
¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 21:32Easton · ISBE
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
- Matthew 6:30Easton · ISBE
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Leviticus 16:12ISBE
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
- Nehemiah 10:34Nave For temple, how provided
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is…
- Nehemiah 13:30Nave For temple, how provided
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
- Nehemiah 13:31Nave For temple, how provided
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
- Psalms 118:12ISBE
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Isaiah 9:5ISBE
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
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- Isaiah 9:19 ISBE
- Isaiah 44:19 ISBE
- Ezekiel 4:12–15 Easton
- Ezekiel 4:12 ISBE
- Ezekiel 4:15 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such as the withered stalks of herbs (Matt. 6:30), thorns (Ps. 58:9; Eccl. 7:6), animal excrements (Ezek. 4:12-15; 15:4, 6; 21:32). Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns of Syria and Egypt. It is largely brought from the region of Hebron to Jerusalem. (See COAL.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
fu'-el ('okhlah, or ma'akholeth, "food"): Is mentioned specifically only in the Old Testament, in Isa 9:5,19; Eze 15:4,6; 21:32. Its general, literal meaning in these connections is "food for fire," and might include any sort of combustible material. The common forms of fuel were wood of various sorts (even including thorns, Ps 58:9; 118:12; Ec 7:6), and dried stalks of flowers or grass (Mt 6:30), charred wood as charcoal (Le 16:12; Isa 44:19, and frequently), and dried dung (Eze 4:12,15). There is no certain indication that our coal was known to the Hebrews as fuel, and their houses, being without chimneys, were not constructed for the extensive use of fuel for warmth.
Leonard W. Doolan
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Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.